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Cecil Smith (music Professor)
Cecil Smith may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Cecil Smith (writer) (1917–2009), television and theatre critic, television host, journalist, screenwriter, and World War II bomber pilot * R. Cecil Smith (1880–1922), American screenwriter Politicians and civil servants *Cecil Smith (Auditor General), Auditor General of Sri Lanka * Cecil Smith (politician) (1927–1988), Manitoba member of Canadian Parliament *Cecil Clementi Smith (1840–1916), British colonial administrator Sports * Cecil Smith (figure skater) (1908–1997), Canadian figure skater *Cecil Smith (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1977), Welsh footballer *Cecil Smith (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1990), English footballer * Cecil Smith (polo) (1904–1999), American polo player *Cecil Smith (track and field) (1936-2016), athletics coach and builder, publisher Others * Cecil Harcourt Smith (1859–1944), British archaeologist and museum director See also *Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977), British historian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (writer)
Cecil Smith (May 22, 1917 – July 11, 2009) was an American journalist, critic, screenwriter, radio play author, television host, and World War II military officer and bomber pilot. He was the longtime television critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from the 1950s through the 1980s. Media scholar Melissa Crawley in her book ''The American Television Critic'' (2017, McFarland & Company), stated that Smith along with Hal Humphrey were "two of the most influential" television critics of their era in criticism. At the time of his death in 2009, critic Howard Rosenberg stated that Smith "was one of the giants in the business". Early life, education, and career Cecil Smith was born in Marlow, Oklahoma on May 22, 1917. He moved with his family to Los Angeles and attended Santa Monica High School. He earned degrees from Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his career writing radio plays from 1938 through 1941. He then served as a captain in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (Auditor General)
Cecil Smith was the 1st Accountant and Auditor General of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an .... He was appointed on 24 January 1799, and held the office until September 1799. He was succeeded by Thomas Frazer. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Cecil Auditors General of Sri Lanka British colonial governors and administrators in Asia Year of birth missing Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (politician)
Cecil Morris Smith (23 June 1927 – 24 April 1988) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Treherne, Manitoba and became an auctioneer and public servant by career. He was elected at the Churchill riding in the 1974 general election and served one term in the 30th Canadian Parliament. Smith was defeated at the riding by Rodney Murphy of the New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; french: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * ... in the 1979 federal election, and again in the 1980 election. Electoral history External links * 1927 births 1988 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs People from Central Plains Region, Manitoba Canadian auctioneers {{Manit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Clementi Smith
Sir Cecil Clementi Smith (23 December 1840 – 6 February 1916),. was a British colonial administrator. Background The son of an Essex rector, John Smith, and his wife Cecilia Susanna Clementi (daughter of Muzio Clementi), Cecil Clementi Smith received his education at St Paul's School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1864 he began his civil service career as a cadet interpreter in Hong Kong, learning much about the Chinese culture and gradually became an accomplished scholar of the Chinese culture. He was also the Colonial Treasurer of Hong Kong. Civil Service On 3 September 1878, Clementi Smith took office in Singapore as a Colonial Secretary in the Straits Settlements, and understudied Governor Frederick Weld. His knowledge of Chinese culture and competence in the language proved useful as he was able to communicate effectively with leaders of the growing Chinese community. Smith became known for his effective work in quelling Chinese secret societies in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (figure Skater)
Cecil Elaine Eustace Smith, later Gooderham, then Hedstrom (September 14, 1908 – November 9, 1997), was a Canadian figure skater. In 1924 she became the first female figure skater to represent Canada at Winter Olympics; she placed sixth individually and seventh in pairs, together with Melville Rogers. At the 1928 Winter Olympics she finished fifth individually. In 1930, she won the silver medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in singles. Biography In 1922, Smith won the national junior title, and next year was a runner-up as a senior. Aged 15, she participated in the 1924 Winter Olympic Games, held in Chamonix, France. In the women's singles, she finished sixth, two places ahead of Sonja Henie. In the pairs competition, she placed seventh. Smith won the Canadian championship in 1925 and 1926. In 1928, she competed in her second Olympics and place fifth in the women's singles (Sonja Henie claimed the gold). In 1930, she became the first Canadian to win a World champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (footballer, Born 1904)
Frederick Cecil Smith (30 October 1904 – 1977) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Burnley, Wrexham, Wigan Borough and Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R .... Personal life Smith's brother Arthur was also a footballer. Career statistics References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Cecil 1904 births 1977 deaths Footballers from Wrexham Welsh men's footballers Men's association football forwards Oswestry Town F.C. players Welshpool Town F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Wigan Borough F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Macclesfield Town F.C. players Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Rhyl F.C. players Bangor City F.C. players English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (footballer, Born 1907)
Cecil Sydney Frank Smith (16 June 1907 – 1990) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Doncaster Rovers as a left half. Club career Brentford Smith began his career at non-League club Brentford Market and joined local Football League Third Division South club Brentford in August 1931. He failed to make an appearance during the 1931–32 and 1932–33 seasons, by which time the Bees had been promoted to the Second Division. Smith finally made his debut midway through the 1933–34 season, in a 3–2 defeat to West Ham United on 6 January 1934. He missed the entire 1934–35 season, in which Brentford were promoted to the First Division for the first time in the club's history, though he did win the London Challenge Cup with the Brentford F.C. Reserves and Academy#Reserve team, reserve team. Smith departed Griffin Park in November 1936, after making just three first team appearances in five years with Brentford. Doncaster Rovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (polo)
Cecil Smith (February 14, 1904 – January 21, 1999) was an American rancher and polo player. '''', February 14, 1999 Biography Early life Cecil Smith was born on the Moss Ranch near , on February 14, 1904. In his childhood, he won roping prizes in rodeos.Career In 1924, he started playing polo while working for George Miller, a h ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Smith (track And Field)
Cecil Smith (1936-2016) was the executive director of the Ontario Track and Field Association for a quarter century, and publisher of ''Athletics'' magazine. He coached former Guinness World Record holder Maggie Woods and Olympian Julie White. He led the bid for the 1988 World Juniors, Sudbury, was involved in planning for 1993 World Indoor Championships, Toronto, and was a member for the secretariats of the 1976 Montreal Olympics and 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. As of 1999, he was Canada's technical delegate to the International Amateur Athletics Federation. He was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Athletics Ontario is the governing body of track and field in Ontario, Canada. Athletics Ontario was founded in 1974 under the name Ontario Track and Field Association to replace several regional bodies under Athletics Canada. In 2008 its name was f ... Hall of Fame in 2010 as a builder. The media has referred to him as a "guru" of athletics, and Athletics Canada dubbed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Harcourt Smith
Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith (1859–1944) was a British archaeologist and museum director. He was Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum from 1904 to 1909, and Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1909 to 1924. Early years Born on 11 September 1859 in Staines, Middlesex, he was the second son of William Smith, solicitor, and his wife, Harriet, daughter of Frederic Harcourt, of Ipswich. He attended Winchester College (1873–78) as a scholar. In 1879 he joined the department of Roman and Greek antiquities in the British Museum. He soon became known as a rising archaeologist, and in 1887 was a founder editor and contributor to the ''Classical Review''. In 1887 he was attached to the diplomatic mission in Persia. In 1892 he married Alice Edith, daughter of H. W. Watson of Burnopfield, Co. Durham. They had two sons, Simon and Gilbert. From 1895 to 1897 he was granted special leave to take up the directorship of the British School in Athens. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Woodham-Smith
Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith ( Fitzgerald; 29 April 1896 – 16 March 1977) CBE was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era. Early life Cecil Woodham-Smith was born in 1896 in Tenby, Wales. Her family, the Fitzgeralds, were a well-known Irish family, one of her ancestors being Lord Edward Fitzgerald, hero of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Her father Colonel James FitzGerald had served in the Indian Army during the Sepoy Mutiny; her mother's family included General Sir Thomas Picton, a distinguished soldier who was killed at Waterloo. She attended the Royal School for Officers' Daughters in Bath, until her expulsion for taking unannounced leave for a trip to the National Gallery. She finished her schooling at a French convent and afterwards entered St Hilda's College, Oxford. She graduated with a second-class degree in English in 1917. In 1928 she married George Ivon Woodham-Smith, a di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
